John Schieffer
Objective
To create thought provoking art that is both pleasing to the eye and the mind. Why do artists create the things they do? Not too many ask why an artist paints a landscape or flowers or a beautiful person. Clearly, everyone sees beauty in different things or circumstances. But an artist sees it where others might not, even in the most mundane. For my own work I often choose to paint those things that I think should be given a second glance, ordinary things that come alive when you shine a light on them. Each painting has its own life and meaning. That meaning for the artist is not going to be the same for the viewer as we are all different. How I feel about a painting I have created changes over time, but the reason I started it remains always the same - to make something beautiful and express strong emotional content, to share with others the way I see the world and objects of life. Finding the meaning of each piece of art is a journey into the artist's soul not easily put into words, but that is why I am a painter and not a writer.
Education
- Paier College of Art, Hamden, CT 1991 - 1995
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, Salutatorian, G.P.A. 3.64
Magazine Appearances
- American Art Collector - #22 pages 170-173, August 2007
- American Art Collector - #24 advertisement, October 2007
- American Art Collector - #26 pages 192-193, 199, December 2007
- American Art Collector - #28 page 182, February 2008
- American Art Collector - #41 pages 132-135, March 2009
- American Art Collector - #51 pages 126-127, January 2010
- American Art Collector - #66 pages 114-117, April 2011
- American Art Collector - #111 page 93, January 2015
- American Art Collector - #113 pages 54-57, March 2015
- Southwest Art - Vol.41, No.7 pages 23,68, December 2011
- Southwest Art - Essential Guide - "10 Painters on the Rise in 2007" pages 17,20,100, January 2007
- Art & Antiques - page 69, May 2010
- Phoenix Home and Garden - page 57-59, May 2020
Shows
- "Water in the Desert" Phoenix Airport Museum, January-July 2019
- "Season of Homage" Bonner David Galleries, December 7-20 2018
- "Bonner David 15 year Anniversary" Bonner David Galleries, November 2017
- "Water Water Everywhere" Bonner David Galleries, July 2017
- "Rated R" Bonner David Galleries, October 2016
- "Is It Real" Bonner David Galleries, March 2015
- Bonner David Galleries - "Is It Real?", April 26, 2015
- Bonner David Galleries - "Gifts Worth Giving", December 2014
- Bonner David Galleries - "New Art for a New Year" - Scottsdale , AZ, January 2012
- San Francisco Art Fair - Bonner David Galleries, May 2011
- Bonner David Galleries - "Favorites", May 10, 2011
- Bonner David Galleries - "Spring Awakenings", April14-27, 2011
- OPA Western Regional Exhibition- Mountain Trails Gallery- Jackson, WY , October 9- November 10, 2010
- Bonner David Galleries - "Treasured Memories" -Scottsdale, AZ, March 5-18, 2009
- Tempe Center for the Arts - "Masters of Illusion", May 3- August 2, 2008
- Bonner David Galleries - Solo Show - Scottsdale, AZ, August 9-22, 2007
- White Space Gallery - White Heat 2 - New Haven, CT, July 24 - August 31 2006
- White Space Gallery - White Heat 1- New Haven, CT, June 5 - July 22, 2006
- White Space Gallery- Black History Month- New Haven, CT, Feb 2006
- P. H. Miller Gallery, Life Imitated- Woodbury, CT, April - May 2005
- P. H. Miller Gallery, Black Tie Show- Woodbury, CT, Nov 16- Jan 15, 2004-05
- a little more red- Scottsdale, AZ, March - December 2004
- Minor Memorial Gallery- Roxbury, CT, Jan - Feb 2003
- The Discovery Museum- Bridgeport, CT, July - Sept 2000
- National Society of Illustrators, L.A. Professional Competition 1996
Galleries
- White Space Gallery - New Haven, CT, September 2004 -2006
- Bonner David Gallery - Scottsdale, AZ, 2006 - present
- Meyer East Gallery - Santa Fe, NM, July 2006 - December 2015
- Skidmore Contemporary Art - Santa Monica, CA, February 2014 - February 2015
Permanent Collections
- Waterbury Hospital - four paintings
- Phoenix Children's Hospital - 2 paintings
Work Experience
- Mercer Meyer Productions - Illustrator, September 1995
- Lesley Roy Designs - Production Manager 1997-1998
- Yost Conservation - Art Restoration August 1999 - March 2006
- John Schieffer artist - Painter, March 2006- Present
